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April 23, 2006

Bean and Vegetable Soup for cold nights

Beeeeeanz

I am here, bowing my head, as ashamed as Glittr at our laxness in Soupkitty recently: my excuse involves large amounts of snot, feeling like shite and being in Canada. But I made some soup today which was so nice I thought I'd share- the weather may be warming up (no gloves or hat in the surf yesterday... yay!), but there's still enough of a chill to warrant a chunky vegetable soup. There's bacon/ham in this here soup, but feel free to avoid if meat offends....


Bean and Vegetable Soup

2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
3 rashers of bacon or a handful of parma ham
two sticks of celery, chopped
1 large carrot, chopped
1 large leek, sliced
2 cloves of garlic, crushed and chopped
handful of parsley and thyme, or whatever fresh herbs you have, including a bayleaf
two tins of beans of your choice, drained- I use one of borlotti and one of cannelli
1 1/2 pints of vegetable stock (I use Marigold bouillon)
salt and pepper

Gently sweat the onions, celery and garlic in the olive oil for 10 minutes. Add the chopped vegetables and bacon/ham for another 5 minutes. Add drained beans, herbs and stock. Simmer for 30 minutes.

Posted by scumkitten at April 23, 2006 7:46 PM

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